River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-02-10
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

HISTORY OF THE WEEK.
At ) Il. m. on the morning of the
4th. a prisoner who was being taken from
Pittsuurg Pa, to Cleveland, Ohio, for
burglary in the latter city, on the c. & ?.
r X. was rescued from the officers by five
men who had boarded the train an hour
before. The officers We're both shot down,
one of them receiving seven bullets in his
body and beaten and kicked and left in the
car for dead There We're only two other
passengers IN the car and they got under
the seats cut Of fear. One of the officers
viii die. and both may. \ S2,OO0 reward
Is out for the capture of the gang.
One man has been arrested at
Cleveland, Ohio. on suspicion of being one
Of the gang who assaulted the officers and
rescued prisoner at Ravenna, few days
ago. He was arrested at his sisters, and
gave his name as Hugh Brochlin, and said
he was tweuty-seven years Of age and lived
at Elizabeth. Pa. where he worked in the
across his forehead, evidently the effect Of
"a bad cut His under lip Is badly split and
has been sewed up. He says that two weeks
ago lie got into fight with a cOlOred bar
tender in Elizabeth, where his wounds were
received
The school house AT Ste. Monique,
Ont, burned on the night OF Feb g. and
/ four girls persisted. Three sisters, aged ten,
eleven and twelve respectively, daughters
Of Mr. Ambrose OF Ste. Monique, and
another girl daughter of Joseph Forget,
slept in the place during the night The
! schOolmistresS was absent. and during the
night the place took fire and burned To the
ground. The origin of the fire Is unknown
\ The charred remains Of the girls were found
l among the ashes.
The executive committee of the
/ National Editorial association has been
called TO meet at the Ebbitt house, Wash
/ ington, d. C., on Feb "a, to fix the date OF
the annual meeting to be held at Denver,
/ Col. this summer, and to arrange a pro
/ gramme of proceedings for the meeting. Il.
( B. Herbert. of Red Wing, Mimi, Is
President of the association.
J. F. Hoke. the Peoria, ILL.,, bank
embe. zler, was returned to that place on the
18th, and placed in jail He asked to be as
| signed to debtors row but this was refused
aud he was locked up with the other pris
oners Shortly after his arrival breakfast
was taken To him by his wife This VAS
their first meeting since ne fed to Canada
some weeks since.
Evansville, Ind. st. Louis. Me-, Cen
tralia, Hillsboro, Vaudalia, Carlyle and
Champaign, Ills, all report earthquake tire
mOrs occurring from To 4 ~ O'Clock ON the
morning of February D. There were two
distinct shocks or vibrations which lasted
30 seconds. Beyond shaking houses. rafting
windows. throwing goods from store shelves,
no effect was produced
The Indiana legislature succeeded
in electing a United States Senator ON the
sixteenth joint ballot. 81 tle "nd David
Turnpie. Democrat having - votes, and
Senator Ben Harrison, Republican. having
20 votes There was some Indication ui
carrying contest of the election to tie
Senate al " ashiHZton.
Fifteen wears ago. Isaac Kahn. a
cattle dasie. 81 South Bend. Ind, myster-
i0u-Iy disappeared. 4 citizen was tried for
his murder and acquitted. His supposed
widow married Nathan Goldsmith, a mer
chant at Aurora. I'll. Her brother IA New
Mexico writes that Isaac Is alive and Is
about To explain his absence
A. a result Of a conference lasting
all day ON the anti-polygamy bill, the rep
reeentatires of the two houses are reported
10 be slowly approaching an agreement on
measure ,llI more ne.'fiy resembling the
A further conference viii be held,
At Hastings. Nebraska, fire caused
a loss Of $1,000. An entire business block
was consumed II included Schackelford' :
[ wholesale commission house, David q Co. 5
ieweiry store. Wuch's drug, music, book
T and icwelry stores and the pOstOilice. The
Insurance was light.
Al 81 Louis. Mo. on the 3rd, fire
occurred in one Of iha tobacco warehouses
81 the Drummond Tobacco Company. The
fire was confined 10 the building in which
II originated. The warehouse and contents
are "a total loss to the amount of S2jO,0JO,
Z tuily insured.
Al ST Iouis, Mo. Saturday evening
IA youth OF II. son Of IA state Senator, shot a
Young lady Of - because sha accepted an
E invitation TO sleigh ride from another
I young man The injury to the young lady
Is serious but not necessarily fatal
The ST. Paul and Duluth earnings
f. for the last week Of January were 1861,
against So ,57G in ls>'i. The total is SlOS 6o6,
/ a. compared with S51.l23 for the CORES
/ pouding month last year
i \ bill to prohibit dealing in futures
the penalty for each days offense being six
months in Jail and heavy fine has passed
one branch of the Texas legislature and will
pass the other
The Texas legislature has elected
{ representative Reagan to succeed Mr..
T Maxsy in the United States Senate. Rea-
gan led IN she ballotings from the STRAIT.
The Ohio riser mas begun falling. and
It is believed tina. the danger of the repiti
ton Of the disas. rous floods OF 1873 and 1884
I Is passed.
Twenty thousand visitors are re-
+ ported at Montreal to witness the ice-palace
carnival festivities there.
Northern Pacific earnings for Janu
ary show an increase of 81, OOO over the cor
I responding time last year.